Free games like Cogs
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Cogs, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cogs.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Indigo Park: Chapter 1
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cogs.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Travellin Cats in Paris
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
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Virtual Cottage
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Steam Engine Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
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Iron Snout
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cogs.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Cogs.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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Nonograms
Free-to-play alternative to Cogs — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Cogs.
Nonograms is a relaxing puzzle game where you use logic and creativity. Your goal is to reveal hidden pictures by filling in specific grid cells, based on numerical clues provided for each row and column. The games in this genre are also known as Picross, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, Hanjie, etc.